Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides
the latest updates to Microsoft Office Visio 2003. Visio 2003 SP1 contains
significant security enhancements and stability and performance improvements.
Some of the fixes that are included with Visio 2003 SP1 have been previously
released as separate updates. This service pack combines them into one
update.

Visio 2003 SP1 fixes the issues that are
described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
articles:

831072
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831072/
)
The shapes do not change when you apply a theme in a Visio 2003 Brainstorming diagram

828966
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828966/
)
Web links to drawing pages do not work when the drawing is saved as a Web page in Visio 2003

Visio 2003 SP1 fixes
the following issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base.

Shapes appear to be missing when you view a Visio 2003 drawing that contains shapes that have a fill pattern

When you view a Visio 2003 drawing that contains shapes
that have a fill pattern in Microsoft Windows with High Contrast settings, the
shapes may appear to be missing.

Interface method for base classes is missing when you populate a combo box in a sequence diagram of a Microsoft Visual Basic. NET program

When you populate a combo box in a sequence diagram of a
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET program by using all the methods that are
available, the interface method for base classes is
missing.

Date format of cells in a Gantt chart is incorrect when you use the Import Data Wizard in the Korean language version of Visio 2003

When you use the Import Data Wizard in the Korean
language version of Visio 2003, the date format of cells in a Gantt chart may
be incorrect.

Only the first custom property is saved when you upgrade to Visio 2003

When you upgrade to Visio 2003, only the first custom
property of a custom property set is saved.

Microsoft Internet Explorer quits unexpectedly when you move away from a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Web site that contains an ActiveX control

When you move away from a Windows SharePoint Services
Web site that contains an ActiveX control, Internet Explorer may quit
unexpectedly.

"Number is not valid" error message when you try to save a drawing as JPEG File Interchange Format

When you try to save a drawing as JPEG File Interchange
Format, you may receive the following error message:

Number is not valid.

This issue may occur if Microsoft
Windows uses a comma as a decimal separator in some languages, such as
Swedish.

"Invalid argument" error message when you try to create a custom date property

If you try to create a custom date property with the
language setting of Chinese (Singapore), and then you change the Format property from the initial setting that you specified, you receive
the following error message:

An invalid argument was
encountered.

Visio 2003 quits unexpectedly when you drag a signal shape to your drawing

If you use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) Model
Diagram template to create a UML model diagram, when you drag a signal shape to
your drawing, Visio 2003 may quit unexpectedly.

Shape does not change when you change the value that is contained in the ShapeSheet of a Microsoft Visio 2002 drawing

When you open a Visio 2002 drawing in Visio 2003 that
contains a shape that has a reference to a user cell on the ShapeSheet, if you
change the value that is contained in the ShapeSheet, the shape does not
change.

"Visio cannot open the file" error message when you try to open a Visio 2003 drawing that contains XML that is not valid

When you try to open a Visio 2003 drawing that contains
XML that is not valid, you receive the following error message:

Visio cannot open the file. The xml is
invalid.

Import Data Wizard may not import fields that have custom properties correctly when you try to import a Microsoft Excel workbook that contains Chinese (Traditional) characters

When you try to import an Excel workbook that contains
Chinese (Traditional) characters, the Import Data Wizard may not import fields
that have custom properties correctly.

Hyperlinks that use a relative path are broken after you save a Visio 2003 drawing as a Web page

After you save a Visio 2003 drawing as a Web page by
using the SVG format, hyperlinks that use a relative path are
broken.

Whole drawing is not printed when you print a Visio 2003 drawing to a PCL 3 printer

When you print a Visio 2003 drawing to a PCL 3 printer
such as a Hewlett Packard DeskJet 1220c printer to 11-inch by 17-inch paper,
the whole drawing is not printed. For example, the top and the bottom of the
drawing may be cut-off, or the bottom third of the drawing may be printed above
the rest of the drawing.

Visio 2003 drawing is printed in Portrait orientation when you try to print in Landscape orientation

When you try to print in Landscape orientation to a
Hewlett Packard CP 1700 printer, the Visio 2003 drawing is printed in Portrait
orientation.

B4 paper size is not correct when you do not have a printer installed

When you do not have a printer installed in Windows, and
you click the Printer Paper drop down list box in Visio 2003,
the B4 paper size is not correct.

Width of the shape is not changed when you use the ForceFormula property

When you use the ForceFormula property to set the width of an existing shape that already has
the width defined, the width of the shape is not changed. This issue occurs
when the width value is the same, but the measurement is in different
units--for example, decimal and millimeters.

Visio 2003 opens with no active drawing if you use the Visio WBS Chart Wizard in Microsoft Office Project 2003

If you use the Visio WBS Chart Wizard in Project 2003 to
import your tasks into Visio 2003, Visio 2003 starts with no active drawing.
This issue occurs in the Turkish version of Project 2003.

Visio 2003 quits when you click Refresh Model on the Database menu

When you click Refresh Model on the
Database menu in Visio 2003 to update the Microsoft SQL
database in a Database Model Diagram, Visio 2003 quits
unexpectedly.

When you click Reverse Engineer on the
Visio UML toolbar, and then open your Visio 2003 UML file, you
receive an error message that states that the reverse engineering operation
failed. This issue occurs when your Visio UML file contains Microsoft Visual
Basic attributes that contain a parenthesis.

Visio 2003 appears to stop responding when you try to update a diagram that is connected to an Oracle database

When you try to update a Database Model Diagram that is
connected to an Oracle database, the Database Refresh Wizard disappears and
Visio 2003 appears to stop responding (hangs).

Error message and Visio 2003 quits unexpectedly when you click Next in the Database Refresh Wizard

When you click Refresh Model on the
Database menu in Visio 2003 to update the SQL database in a
Database Model Diagram and then click Next in the
Database Refresh Wizard, you receive an error message and
Visio 2003 quits unexpectedly.

Japanese version of Visio 2003 quits unexpectedly when you drag a signal shape in a UML Model Diagram

When you drag a signal shape in a UML Model Diagram in
the Japanese version of Visio 2003, Visio 2003 quits
unexpectedly.

Date field is incorrectly formatted as Month Year when you insert a new column in a Gantt chart

When you insert a new column in a Gantt chart in the
Chinese (Traditional) version of Visio 2003, a date field is incorrectly
formatted as Month Year instead of as Year, Month.

Hyperlinks are broken when you create an organizational chart in the Chinese (Taiwan) version of Visio 2003

When you create an organizational chart in the Chinese
(Taiwan) version of Visio 2003, hyperlinks in the published organizational
chart are broken.

Earlier released updates that are included in this service pack

All language versions of Visio 2003 SP1 include the following
update that was previously released:

You do not have to install this service pack if you
have a later version of the files that are listed in this
table.

For more information about how to determine the version of Visio 2003 that is installed on
your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

821549
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821549/
)
How to check the version of Office 2003 products

MSP file information for administrators

Visio 2003 SP1 is made up of a full-file Microsoft Windows
Installer patch file (MSP file) that is packaged in an executable file. The
following MSP files are distributed in this service pack:

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Language

MSP File

Chinese
Simplified

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-CHS.msp

Chinese
Traditional

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-CHT.msp

Czech

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-CSY.msp

Danish

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-DAN.msp

German

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-DEU.msp

English

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-ENU.msp

Spanish

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-ESN.msp

Finnish

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-FIN.msp

French

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-FRA.msp

Hungarian

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-HUN.msp

Italian

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-ITA.msp

Japanese

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-JPN.msp

Korean

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-KOR.msp

Dutch

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-NLD.msp

Norwegian

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-NOR.msp

Polish

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-PLK.msp

Brazilian
Portuguese

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-PTB.msp

Portuguese

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-PTG.msp

Swedish

Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-SVE.msp

Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators

If you update your administrative installation point and recache
and reinstall Visio 2003 on client computers, we recommend that you run a
command line that includes the REINSTALL=ALL property to install all the features. For detailed procedures to
update an administrative image and to update client computers, see the
"Updating clients from a patched administrative image" section in the
"Distributing Office 2003 Product Updates" topic. To view the "Distributing
Office 2003 Product Updates" topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

The Office Admin Update Center for Office IT Professionals
contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources
for all versions of Microsoft Office. For more information about the Office
Admin Update Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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